What Is ADHD? Everything You Need to Know Before & After a Diagnosis (with William Dodson, M.D.)

In this hour-long webinar-on-demand, learn everything you need to know before and after an ADHD diagnosis with William Dodson, M.D.
Every day, 3,000 people of all ages and from all over the world are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and they take yet another step in the life-long process of coming to know and manage their special type of nervous system. This process rarely follows a straight line. For every patient, it begins at different times and moves at different speeds along different paths - its efficiency and helpfulness largely determined by how well the patient understands the answer to this question: What is ADHD?
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3:01 Formal Diagnosis
8:13 ADHD Symptoms Must Meet 5 Criteria
10:44 Pre-school
11:54 School-Age
13:09 Adolescence
15:26 Most Common Adult Impairments
18:06 But ADHD has Positives As Well
19:34 Informal Diagnosis
24:28 Hyper-arousal vs. Hyperactivity
25:06 Diagnosis and Assessment
31:38 Family Support Is the Single Most Important Factor
35:18 School
36:55 Educational Workup
37:39 School’s Responsibilities
38:39 Co-Existing/Comorbid Conditions
40:59 Medical Workup
42:37 How to Find a Clinician
44:16 Q&A
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[@oopsydaisy007]

Firstly I want to say thank you for such informative and comprehensive content. I'm a 60 year old combined adhd'er only diagnosed last year after struggling all my life knowing I was different but never really knowing why. Since I started a treatment of methylphenidate I have noticed a significant change in the clatter and clutter in my head. I also find my energy levels are far easier to control. Your video on RSD absolutely nailed it. It's the worst aspect of my condition and does send you to very dark places. I have had a ton of different jobs and career paths. Qualified in animal husbandry but worked an international dealing desk for an investment company, marketing events manager across Europe, site manager n the high-voltage powerline sector but also pizza chef, taxi driver... I speak five languages fluently, obtained my flying license (thank you hyperfocus), have broken most bones in my body and even managed to tear a kidney looking for that adrenaline fix. I play drums, ride motorbikes, love photography, skiing, raced catamarans and enjoy cooking. They all calm me down. It does put huge strains in our partners and relationships in general, but like this video points out, we do have qualities and abilities that others don't and we should focus on those. I have very low self esteem but this is what I'm concentrating on nowadays and I'm at last beginning to actually like who I am. To those struggling, you're amazing because you try so much harder than a neurotypical. You are stronger than you can possibly imagine and once you find what is best suited for you, the sky is the limit.

[@dadographer]

Minute 30:30 Aunt Sally is brilliant. The entire video is so solid. Thank you from an ADHD parent parenting and ADHD child. My wife is exhausted raising both of us.

[@david-rl2xx]

this is one of the most informative and clear videos I of seen on KZbin

[@mdorghammm]

This is by far the best talk I listened to about ADHD! .. Thanks a lot.

[@NK-ct8ud]

Thank you for the clarity. Very helpful.

[@BrothireStrangLuve]

F-in’ brilliant!❤❤❤

[@lambs5258]

Hearing the resources/systems in place to help a kid cope with ADHD, in school and at home, gives a feeling of loss. Being diagnosed in adulthood, it just hurts to know so much help was available, but it's all too late for it now. I'm glad they're there for kids, but just wish I could have used them too when I was one. Can't help but wonder how different things might have been.

[@robertstan298]

Same...

[@Gary-tc7zx]

Damn, explains why I've struggled so much in my life with working, depression, anxiety, feelings of worthlessness, motivation, self hatred, and now divorce :(. I've always both hated and loved my brain. It was either letting me down to the extreme and hurting my marriage and quality of life or I felt like a genius that could do anything if I could find interest in it. I'm in a horrible spot right now with my wife just leaving one day while I was working, and just now figuring all this ADHD stuff out at the same time. Finally knowing what's wrong is nice, and getting some meds to help, but it's too late to save my marriage and that's depressing as fuck.

[@richardbeare11]

Dude that's tough as hell. I can relate to some of these feelings, which I've overcome quite a bit over the years. I did this by realizing that it's just the nature of my existence - and choosing to set up my life to resonate best with these limitations - and strengths - that I have (all of which ADHD is a strong partner).

[@richardbeare11]

I've also had a close and long-term relationship that fell apart, and I think my ADHD was a strong partner in my decision making which lead to our relationship ending. It was one of the hardest things I've been through. I was in a very challenging place in my life after that, but I was able to recover while engaging with friends/family and through engaging with passion projects (which I suddenly had a lot of time to do) - and this lead to an incredible change in my life.

[@pipersecretp3]

Good talk, but one issue for 100% accuracy: there can be an issue with antidepressants and stimulants. Adderall prescription papers contain a statement warning the patient about serotonin syndrome, because it has some serotonin reuptake inhibition properties. It is a small part of what Adderall does, but it could be dangerous depending on dose of each (e.g., MAOIs)...but it does interact with that system.

[@AK-vx4dy]

@45:48 question about a son. I'm not specialist but... Waiting for impairment maybe risky. I would try asses how much struggle he has in life not impairment, bacuse maybe he is less serious case or he put much struggle in floating above water in other parts of life... Also my school result in primary not showed impairment or it was attributed to laziness but even if I was interested is something and very well prepared I made simple mistakes and get lower grade below my knowledge. This was not frustrating (like unfair teacher could be) but depressing and burning out and demotivating because mistake was mine...why try hard if result will be medicore by so simple mistake that shame could fire a haystack.... so I lowered dreams an expectations through life... Maybe I'm wrong but I wish that some professional take a few moments to think about it

[@disavowedhumanbeing2296]

It's quite amazing how easy it is to confuse ADHD with Autism, which is what I have...Wow, so many things appear to be the same.

[@jeurycentury]

A lot of overlaps. That's why

[@pavlova717]

Why would they not be the same? If you match the criteria, then congratulations, you have ADHD.

[@robertstan298]

Quite a few of the similar components are only similar on the surface tho. The how and why behind them differ.

[@vivianr.madalo3806]

I am at odds with schools' philosophies. I wish I could find a school that understands ADHD better. Public schools only use their pre-determined 405s. Private schools that specialize in ADHD forget about the whole person; which pushes kids to different problems, such as gender dysphoria; and, small schools just have no resources!

[@anneprotheroe7837]

Kradwell high School in Wauwatosa, WI

[@pavlova717]

Wait a minute, you are not going to get away with citing the average IQ in ADHD as 123 without a link. Duke University?

[@richardbeare11]

Dr. Dodson's Aunt Sally = modern day Karen

[@frigglediggle2]

Ironically this video is really long and boring

[@hanskraut2018]

I think hig iq people are just going to treatment more iq predicts school successes some high iq people have strange opinions

[@michaelsosa3928]

I like how all the PRO fessional info & Not 1 touches on Electromagnetic Harrassment. Not 1. Or Comparison to the mirrored effects. Wouldn't a non bias approach to considering the cause in & of it's self, in my opinion would be a must if truly after the cause & not disregarding any possibilities.. when closely looked @ for that exact tactic it starts to seem like a agenda to cover other topics propagandized to cover extremely important pieces of purposely ignored possible sources. Because when the first manure out profess's voice is genetics. . or bad genetics is flat out garbage.